Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-11-11
CONVENIENT GH aNARY.
Information Which VIII Ba Appreciate.
by Hundreds Of farmers.

CONVENIENT GF ANAHV.
Information Which VIII Sa Appreciated
by Hundreds OF farmers.
Size 1872 feet; posts IA feet long. SAt
inches; upright or Darn siding y feet
long, battened; lower story ~ feet;
double doors below, each p feet wide,
with narrow window each side of door;
single door above feet wide with Is
Inch octagon window abovet this; large
double sash windows in rear and above
and below; sash hung on bolts so the
bottom of each sash will turn ont and
top In, like the shutters ON window
blind. The advantage of this is that
the window when open will admit ali
but exclude storms. A corn crib 81
feet wide inside occupies the entire
left side below, and another of the
same width the rear half of right side
Both floors are made Of matched floor
ing; the lotier end laid lengthwise d
graHary. This facilitates using =
SCOOP in crib. or sliding anything along
the floor TO or from the door
The partition forming the inside OF
crib il sided up Is Inches with flooring
and the remainder II space has ks
ba;tens one inch apart. This gives a
chance to spread damp grain or damp
meal on the floor. and i. will be found
very convenient. The bottoms of cribs
are formed of battens, and outside also.
leaving inches space between same
aud siding A small door for shovel.
ing In corn from outside opens into
each half Of crib By opening these
and the windows In the rear end q
granary. yon get draft through and
around the corn. Grain bins ~ feet
wide and 5 feet high run tho entire
length of each side on the upper floor
These are each divided into four bins
ST feet long. Multiplying length,
breadth and depth { xpressed in feet)
together; multiplying this product
by 4. and dividing The remaining
proinet by 5. gives 10S bushels as
the contents of each bin. This IA
very simple rule and accurate enough
for most purposes. Chutes run from
the bottoms If these bins below, pass
log down beside the corn cribs to
within thir ty-iiyc inches OF door. Bags
OF barrels can be filed from these very
rapidly and easily The bottoms Of
those bins can be made hopper
shaped il .lesiied. The stairs are in
the center of tho front end. leading
rcarward from point about five feet
in front Of doors. The upper end OF
the stairs Is hinged TO cross-beam.
From the left side OF the lower end a
cord passes up over q pulley in the
gable TO a weight which balances tho
stairs so they can readily be raised up
against The upper floor joist, when the
space they occupy Is needed.
Uaiess one is fortunate enough to
have n better one. the rear end of tho
upper story can be used ms a work shop.
Leaving out one bin gives convenient
space for a work bench. Tho space at
the right on the first floor ut the front
end of crib is occupied by bins for
meal and bran. Tile lower part Of
these. Is inches high. is 81 feet wide.
with hinged covers. forming n take-out
10 the bins. The upper part is of the
same width as the crib. with doors to-
ward the top for filling the bins II
any one sug ,ests that the grain bins
ought TO be on tho first floor, please
whisper TO him that one can carry a
bag Of grain above. empty IL and fill it
again. from the chute below in less
time than he can empty it below and
I'LL it again with half-bushel scoop or
any thing else.
The only fault with this granary is
that 1t ought to b. moved into the barn
just ontside the threshing 1oor where
loads to and from II could be unloaded
and loaded from the barn floor and
grain not ground down in chutes below
for feeding, In this connection it Il
well Ia remember that an Insurance
company will charge no more for IN
snring graia in barn than in a gran
AIRY ten rods from the harn Bat seme
one may suggest that the insurance com
panics do not insure against rats and
mice. OF course not. hut bins made of
maple with the exposed joints protect
ed with strips of tin would do this 49,
Cor. Ohio Farmer.